Hi there, my names sonny, I'm 18.
I've browsed these forums for a little while but have not come across one that it related to me, so here's my story.
When I was 15, I played a game called runescape. On this game there was a game called dicing. Basically there's a dice (virtual) what goes up to 100.
0-55 host wins (house)
55-100 you win.
Anyway I played with about 10million and advent y'all's got up to 3.5billion and by this time I was hooked to this game of dicing. I would come home from school rush straight on my computer and gamble and gamble online. Until I lost it all.
Anyway this massive win in this mmorpg made me realise what I could really be winning, at the age of 16 I left school and got a job, I taught myself poker and played illegally on *********. I was playing about £10 a week which isn't to bad. After a couple of months went by I found myself playing it more and more, because this is the only kind of gambling I really knew. It got to the point where I'd be making excuses to where my money's going and lying to my girlfriend. When I hit 18 I went casino. Got introduced to roulette and won big, that's it I was hooked. I spend my whole weeks wage ( I get paid weekly ) on roulette online on live casinos. And never walk away, I play until I have nothing. It's gotten to the point where I'm lying so much to explain where my money is going. I've got debt up to my eyeballs for my age. ******** every month, just so I can get a little buzz of gambling. It's depressing, getting me down. I'm 18 I should be out in town or taking my girlfriend out. Not lying to her about money. I really want to stop it, but I look at my bank balance and think a tenner won't hurt. I'm tried so many times to stop but I can't pull myself away from it. So here it is I'm starting counselling Saturday and going to GA meetings soon, I hope I can kick this horrible habit that has taking so much from me, mentally and physically. I will be keeping updates on here on how it goes, thank you all for listening.
Hiya Sonny, brave of you to post on here, whilst my problem wasn't a casino I can relate to what you have said. When I was 16 I used to miss out on so much because I chose to gamble my money on slots and the horses. I would let people down because I had blown my cash and as a result I lost all my friends and have had a miserable life since then. I'm not 33 and after 17 years of ruining my life I have finally stopped. I would give everything to be 18 again and able to not have wasted so much of my life.
You are young enough to sort yourself out and you have made the most important step by admitting you have a problem. There are loads of people here who can give you useful advice and help you out. In my opinion the best thing you can do is speak to your parents or someone else you trust about your problem and let them take control of your finances. Us gamblers need as many barriers as possible to prevent us from gambling and this is an important one. My mum now looks after my wages and if I need to go shopping or on a night out she gives me enough to cover it. The recovery diary section is also really useful and could help you. There is also the 2014 challenge which is a great help if you want to commit to no more bets this year.
Hope to see some more posts off you. Don't waste your life in a casino mate, theres so much more out there for you!
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